Book cover



M. F. 'sHERlVDANf ET AL BOOK COVER Filed March 12, l1925 Mann/EXPatented Mar. 3, 1925.

UNITED STATES l ,i 1,528,081 PATENToFFIci-z. i

MICHAEL r. SHERI'DAN, or BUFFALO, Ann PATRICK r. DAILEY, or CLEAN, NEW

YORK.

'BOOK COVER.

Application filed March 12, 1923. Serial No. 624,328.v

To all whom t may conce/m:

Be it known that we, MICHAEL F. SHERI- DAN and PATRICK F. BAILEY,citizens of the United States of America and residents, respectively, ofthe city of luffalo, county of Erie, and State of New York, and city ofOlean, county of Cattaraugus, and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Book Covers, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description. v

Our invention relates generally; to book -covers, and more particularlyto auxiliary or adjustable paper covers, designed to be placed over thebinding or cover of a book either temporarily or permanently.

It is well known to those skilled in the art that a present day cover ofthis nature, when applied to a book, conceals the title of the book,which is often overcome in temporary covers by the provision of anopening in the paper forming the cover;v Sometimes, such temporarycovers are provided with printed titles instead of an opening, and sucha cover not only requires the additional printing, but it cannot be usedon any other book than the one on which it is supplied. These forms are,however, intended only as temporary wrappings to protect the covers ofbooks, and are not suitable for permanent use.-

It has been an object of our invention to provide an adjustable bookcover with a transparent portion which will lie opposite any printedmatter on the back of the book being covered.

kAnother obj ect has been to provide a multi-section cover which shallfit books of various sizes, and in which there shall be provided meansfor exposing a portion of the back of the book at any desired point.

Another object has been to provide a dura ble cover of this kind, whichshall be inexpensive to manufacture, easy to attach to a book, and neatand attractive in appearance.

The above objects and advantages have been accomplished by the device:shown inV the accompanying drawings, of which: p

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of our coinplete cover assembled on a book.

Fig. 2 shows the transparent section ofA our cover.

Fig. 3 shows the perforated section thereof.

Fig. 4f shows an assembled view of a cover in which two transparentsections, and two Aof books of different sizes.

' perforated sections are used, whereby two portions of the back of thebook are exposed.

Qur invention comprises preferably four members 5, 6, 7, and 8. In Fig.4, the niemheis corresponding to members 7 and 8 are designated asmembers 9 and 10, respectively. l The opaque members 7 and 8, as shownin Fig. 1 are used when only the title or printing appearing at eitherthe top or bottom of the book are to beexposed. l/Vhen the user desiresto expose the printing at boththe top and bottom of the edge of thebook, then either two pairs of` members 5 and 6 are used, or a pair ofmembers 9 and 10 are used with a pair of members 5 and 6. The members 9and 10 are, therefore, exactly like the members and 5, respectively, exscept that they are reversed.

Each of the members of our Cover is provided at one of its corners withfolded portions 11, thus forming a-pocket into which thecorner of thebooks cover is slipped. Each of the members 6 and 10 is provided at itslateral edge 12, which is opposite the be so arranged that it willalways be disposed over the printed matterl ofthe book to which it isapplied. This transparent portion 13 is provided with giunmed edges 14,

whereby it may be attached to the under part of the corresponding covermember 5.

Each of the members 5 and 9 has aV detachable portion 15 which isprovided over its entire surface with a plurality of sections 16 formedby a plurality of intersect- .ing lines 17, which are made by scoringperforating, or otherwisepartially cutting the material so that anydesired vnumber of sections may be removed by tearing alongV the linesbounding the sections. This detachable portion 15 is sufhciently wide soas to make it possible to use one size cover on a number These members 5and 9 are provided with gummed edges 18 for securing this' part of thebook cover to the yadjacent and corresponding parts.

When the book, shown in Fig. 1 is to be covered by our device, themember 5 is placed,'for instance, over the book cover so f that itscorner will snugly fit into the pocket of the member formed by thefolded poriio tivo pairs of members o tions 11. So much of the back ofthe book, as it is desired to expose is then determined and sections 16,lying over the area to be exposed, are torn out along` the lines 17.After the opening has been provided, the member 6 is placed in positionon the book, and the transparent portion 13 placed over the back or thebook, thus covering the part or the back or' the book, which it isdesired to expose. rlhe detachable portion 15 o'li the member 5 is thenbrought over on top of the transparent portion 13 and these tivo partsare secured together by moistening the gummedi edges 14: and 18. Tivoopaque members 7 and 8 are noiv placed upon 'the lower corners of Kthefront and back covers of the book and their lateral ends securedtogether in the same manner as the ends oi the members 5 and 6. Themembers 5 and 6 are then attached to the members 7 and 8, respectively,by means ot the gummed edges 19 Yformed along the lower edge oi' each otthe members 5 and 6, whereupon our cover is completed.

When it is desired to expose tivo portions of the rear edge ot the book,either and 6 may be used, or one pair ot members 5 and 6 and a pair ofmembers 9 and 10 may be used.

lt desired the lines 17 may be extended to the lower edge of each member5 and 9, whereby enoughof the sections 16 may be removed so as to exposethe entire rear edge ot' the book. llnstead oft' providing a separatepiece of transparent material 13 attached to the member, the end portionof the member itself may be made transparent and thus accomplish thesame result. 0bviously, these as Well as other modifications of thedetails herein shown and described may be made Without departing fromthe spirit or our invention, or the scope of the appended claims, theform described being merely a preferred embodiment thereof.

Having thus described our invention, what We claim is:

1. A multi-section book cover comprising a mem-ber having a detachable,scored section, and a cooperating member provided with transparentmaterial arranged to overlap the scored section of the first mentionedmember.

2. A multi-section book cover comprising` a member having a detachablesection termed With a plurality or intersecting, scored lines, and amember provided with transparent material arranged to overlap thedetachable section oi Ythe first mentioned member.

ln testimony whereof, We have hereunto signed our names.

MCHAEL F. SHERIDAN. PATRICK F. BAILEY.

